Are the red trunks being banned again?

[Thor-Ul]

Well, not everyone loved the New52 (but it have their supporters) and there we sae a trunkless SUperman. However when the Rebirth era started, the trunks didn't return until Bendis take control of the title. Now, with Son of Kal-El and Superman and the Authority (SATA) we saw again trunkless version of the Superman suit. If (when) we return to a more familiar status quo, will we see t he classic suit again or a rework of that suit, into a trunkless version?
Are you more pro or con for the trunks? Has your opinion changed from, let's say, five years ago?

[Primal Slayer]

I dont hate the red trunks but I prefer no trunks. I just dont understand why they are still needed. Im sure there is a way to rework that area to keep the red?

[witchboy]

I get why the red trunks look silly, but the costume always looked unfinished without them.
What I would do is not have them look like briefs.
They've occasionally been drawn to be just slightly longer than briefs so they're little booty shorts, and they looked a lot better to me.
Even drawing them slightly smaller than briefs is a more interesting look.
A redesign to put more red in the center of the costume would at least be preferably to the big unbroken field of blue.

[atomicskull]

Just get rid of the trunks altogether. It was based off of the Strongman look back in the 30s. It work then. It's outdated. Fans really have a hard time letting things go.

[Vordan]

I am kind of curious if the Superman & the Authority suit will carry over along with that team.



I really love that Tom Strong-esque outfit, but Future State had Clark only wearing the trunks, shield, and cape on Warworld, so I don’t know if it will carry over:



Personally I don’t mind either way. I like the classic costume with the trunks. I like the S&tA outfit. I like the Reborn outfit and wouldn’t mind him wearing it again. I think Sampere makes the classic costume look damn good though.

[Primal Slayer]

I like the Authority suit and look but it is way to different for it to take off in a major way. Would make for a great Connor suit.

[manwhohaseverything]

I am kind of curious if the Superman & the Authority suit will carry over along with that team.



I really love that Tom Strong-esque outfit, but Future State had Clark only wearing the trunks, shield, and cape on Warworld, so I don’t know if it will carry over:



Personally I don’t mind either way. I like the classic costume with the trunks. I like the S&tA outfit. I like the Reborn outfit and wouldn’t mind him wearing it again. I think Sampere makes the classic costume look damn good though.

Damn!now that's what i am talking about..I love both gladiator and scifi hero..

[Powerboy]

I am kind of curious if the Superman & the Authority suit will carry over along with that team.



I really love that Tom Strong-esque outfit, but Future State had Clark only wearing the trunks, shield, and cape on Warworld, so I don’t know if it will carry over:



Personally I don’t mind either way. I like the classic costume with the trunks. I like the S&tA outfit. I like the Reborn outfit and wouldn’t mind him wearing it again. I think Sampere makes the classic costume look damn good though.

I like these versions. Some versions, it seems there's nothing to it except that the trunks are gone and it's obvious. In one of these versions, it looks like he's wearing actual pants, not tights, which is cool.

Still, I like the classic costume with the tights. However, as has been pointed out, you need to give him his full history if you do that. That would mean that, in DC, circuses stayed popular or he got the idea from a rare circus. But that goes hand in hand with being the first superhero and, honestly, with a culture that doesn't exist anymore.

[JBatmanFan05]

Are you more pro or con for the trunks? Has your opinion changed from, let's say, five years ago?

My opinion hasn't changed, I've always loved trunks and thought them important to keep. It seems experiments with losing the trunks backfired with comic fans, creators and execs and it feels like we're in a period of some recommitment to the trunks.

[seismic-2]

The trunks are as much a part of his "uniform" as the "S" on his chest. The trunks help set him apart from all the other Spandex-wearing crime-fighters. In the daily comic strips, the Phantom's striped trunks are pretty silly too, but just a solid purple leotard would be ever sillier. The "strongman" image is entirely appropriate for Superman. Taking away the briefs makes him look more nearly like a ballet dancer.

[Jim Kelly]

It's strange to me when anti-trunk fans point out the circus costume design as if that's a bad thing. I say lean into that. All the efforts to make the costume not look like a circus costume remove the context for why the guy would dress like that. I would just add in the idea that before he was Superman, Clark worked as a circus strongman named Samson and that's how he came by the outfit.

It seems to me that in the 1930s and 1940s, a lot of costume designs (for both heroes and villains) were looking to the past. Maybe because at costume balls it was in vogue to dress in outfits from the past. So things like old circus costumes, the comedie del arte, swashbucklers, melodrama villains, medieval wardrobe, ancient Greek and Roman dress--all these influenced how the comics characters looked.

But in the absence of that context, how do you explain why Peter Parker or Daredevil would dress in their outfits? Their costumes don't make any practical sense. If heroes are supposed to be dressing for conventional purposes--almost none of the super-hero costumes seem right. They should all be dressing like Jack Knight and the Question.

[Sacred Knight]

It really could go either way. When they bring Superman back to take over the role singularly again, its not hard at all to see them putting him back in the classic. The true deal returning in all his classic glory and all that jazz. But on another hand, when Jonman ends and that avenue for modernizing closes, maybe they decide to utilize it toward Superman again, so maybe they would reconsider giving his costume a redesign. Right now I would say its 50/50.

I'll tell you what though, the Authority look has warmed me up to the oft used fan design idea of a two tone blue aesthetic for some pop and dimension. I never liked it before because it reminded me too much of the Eradicator but this look here, the way the chest is partitioned by the edges of the S, is just different enough.

[Venceremos]

I'll never understand how trunks are "outdated" but the huge cape, tall boots and skintight onesie is fine. It's all weird. I love the whole classic get-up and we shouldn't feel insecure about it as fans. Everything about superheroes is outlandish, so embrace it.

[oneveryfineday]

I'll never understand how trunks are "outdated" but the huge cape, tall boots and skintight onesie is fine. It's all weird. I love the whole classic get-up and we shouldn't feel insecure about it as fans. Everything about superheroes is outlandish, so embrace it.

Well, some fashion elements can stay relevant and timeless while others don’t. Huge capes, tall boots, and a skintight silhouette are still around in modern fashion shows. Trunks on the outside, though? Nah.

That said, I like the classic red trunks for Supes. I think it looks good in animation and comics. For live action I like the no-trunks look better.